How to Turn Off Push Notifications on Your Computer and Smartphone

Push notifications used to be the preserve of
smartphones, but today your PC is packed with them too, as websites and
social networks use your browser to send helpful little pop-ups. This
can be very useful by helping you stay on top of all the incoming
messages and news, without having to leave the page you are on.

But we are living in the times of notification overload,
and as simple as opting in for these promotional notifications may be,
opting out may not always be as straightforward. In case you are feeling
overwhelmed, here are the ways to turn off those pesky notifications,
from all popular browsers and platforms.

On computersYou
can remove notifications access from sites that spam you with too many
messages, or aren't useful anymore. This way, you can trim the list down
to only the important ones. This is what you have to do.

How to disable notifications for Chrome on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Click the three dot button on the right corner of the address bar

Click on Settings

Scroll down and click on Show Advanced Settings

Under Privacy, Click Content Settings

Scroll to Notifications and click Manage Exceptions

On this page, Block the websites from whom you don’t want to receive notifications.

How to disable notifications for Firefox on Windows, Mac and Linux

Click the three-line icon next to the address bar

Click Preferences

Click Content

Click Notifications

In this submenu, click Choose

Select the site you want to remove, and click Remove Site.

How to disable notifications for Safari on Mac

In the menu bar, go to Safari

Click Preferences

Click Notifications

Choose Deny for the sites you don’t want to receive notifications from.

How to disable notifications for Microsoft Edge browser on Windows

Click the three dot menu next to the address bar

Go to Settings

Go to Advanced Settings

Click Notifications

Click Manage

Here, you can toggle which sites can and can't send you push notifications.

How to disable notifications on Opera for Windows, Mac and Linux

Go to Preferences

Click Websites

Click Notifications

Click Manage Exceptions

Click Behaviour

Select Block for sites where you want to turn the notifications off.

On AndroidJust like on the PC, on the phone too your Web browser can send you notifications. Cutting it out is just as simple.

How to disable notifications for Chrome on Android

Tap on the three dot button

Go to Settings

Go to Site Settings

Go to Notifications

Here, you can see which ones are allowed, and block them. Tap on an allowed item, tap on Notifications and choose Block, to stop it from sending you notifications.

How to disable notifications for Opera on Android

Tap on the Opera button

Go to Settings

Go to Advanced

Go to Site Settings

Go to Notifications

Under Allowed, tap on the site you want to disable, and choose Denied

Push notifications from appsMaking
things worse on phones, just about every app wants to send you a
barrage of notifications through the day. It can get really annoying,
but you can easily get it under control. There are two ways to stop apps
from sending you push notifications. Although not a common occurrence,
some apps do offer a switch to turn off promotional notifications from
within the app settings, so you could check within the individual app
first. For example, Cleartrip lets you turn off notifications in its
settings. UC Browser, which doesn't support push notifications for
websites, does send a lot of them on its own. However, you can turn them
off in Settings. If that’s not an option, then these are the steps you
have to follow. How to disable notifications on Android 6.0 Marshmallow
or above

Go to Settings

Go to Apps

Scroll to the app and tap on it

Go to Notifications

Turn off Allow Notifications

You
can also stop them by pressing-and-holding a notification in the
Notification tray to jump into the menu, which lets you turn
notifications off too. How to disable notifications on Android 5.0
Lollipop or below

Go to Settings

Go to Apps

Scroll to the app and tap on it

Uncheck the Allow Notifications checkbox.

How to disable notifications on iPhone

Go to Settings

Go to Notifications

Select the app

Turn off Allow Notifications

Of
course, the problem is that turning off app notifications means the app
can’t send you anything, even a notification that may be important.
Meaning, say if someone sends you money on a wallet app, you won’t get
the app notification if you’ve turned notifications off entirely. It
will also deprecate some functionality - for instance in Android, if you
turn off notifications on a music streaming app, it could also stop
showing you the music playback controls in the pull-down drawer. These
are some of the things to keep in mind while trying to tame excessive
notifications.

Culled from NGadgetshttp://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/features/how-to-turn-off-push-notifications-on-your-computer-and-smartphone-1639825

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